How to Photograph the Moon | A Quick Guide

Last night was a "Supermoon": a full moon with the moon at it's closest point to the Earth this year. I took a few shots and posted them on other social media sites and got a few questions about how I shoot the moon at night. Hence this video.
Shooting the moon does not require a lot of equipment - a camera and telephoto lens are really all you need. A tripod and remote shutter release are useful but not necessary if you can stabilise your camera in other ways. You really just need to learn how to expose and focus manually our at least understand what your automatic settings are doing and adjust them accordingly.
Hope you enjoy.
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Gary Gough has also done a great blog on shooting the Moon in the UK but it's upside down there.
Check out his video at: • How to photograph the ...
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Photography, video and editing by Ian Smissen
Incidental Photography by Joanne Smissen
Music
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Gear I use:
Cameras
- Panasonic Lumix G9 Camera amzn.to/39bpNNs
- Panasonic Lumix GX8 Camera
- Apple iPhone Xs
- GoPro Hero 4 Silver
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- Panasonic Lumix 25mm f/1.7 Lens amzn.to/3blBXEU
Filters
- Nisi V5 100mm Kit (now superseded) V6 Starter Kit: amzn.to/39cELmf
- K&F Concept ND2-ND32 Variable ND Filter amzn.to/2J9QWG0
Tripods
- Jobu Design Algonquin Tripod
- Jobu Design BWG-HD3 Gimbal Tripod Head
- Really Right Stuff BH-55 LR Tripod Ball Head amzn.to/39a0Dyr
- Sirui N3203X tripod + Sirui K-30X ballhead
- Davis & Sanford TR553-P228 Traverse Super Compact Tripod + Ballhead amzn.to/33E3nDe
Gimbal
- DJI Osmo Mobile 3 for Smartphone (Combo) amzn.to/2UzyXOe
Drone
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- Apple iPhone 6s
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- Rode SMARTLAVPRode Microphone for Smartphones amzn.to/2UyIZ2p
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- Apple iPhone 5
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[@michaellyne8773]

Thank you for sharing your tutorial, I have just purchased the Panasonic fz82 zoom camera. I have seen some views in TH-cam they seem very good with this model. Or am I being missled maybe they are using a camera with higher zoom, maybe you can reassure me on this dilemma. The moon is not in our sky at the moment. Hope I can get some reasonable shots. To be truthful I did not get it for this purpose, I bought it to take photographs of my daughters up and coming wedding in March. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.

[@Teddy-ne3gd]

Good explanation, thanks a lot & greetings from Germany.

[@rmgibbs1861]

Sir! Thank so much for this and your photo knowledge and sharing it! -Rick

[@iSpike]

G’day Ian, happy to subscribe mate, learning my GH5. Thank You for this video 👍🏻 Cheers newbie here

[@gregoneil3523]

Thanks Ian, nice tips. Ocean Grove is a nice neck of the woods. BTW do you ever get any southern aurora shots shooting directly south? Stay safe.

[@GaryGough]

Excellent tutorial Ian. Loved the upside-down reference :) Thanks for the mention too xx

[@Jordee05]

thanks Ian, keep them videos coming. I got a few reasonable moon shots in Adelaide, from my yard.

[@mikekay6288]

Thanks Ian for a step by step process, especially with the G9. In the 'Focus' step you mention 'set your lens to infinity'; how do you do this? Thanks for continuing doing the vlogs especially during these self isolation times; it makes looking forward to 'the mail' more relevant. Keep on keeping on.